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Strong Enough for a Man, Made (as) a Woman: John McEnroe, Serena Williams and the Erasure of Black Female Excellence
“If [Serena] played the men’s circuit, she’d be, like, 700 in the world.” —John McEnroe “If I were a man, then it wouldn’t be any sort of question.” —Serena Williams John McEnroe cannot be serious. He couldn’t seriously think that he could question or attempt to qualify the greatness of the goddess known as Serena…
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A Tale of 2 Brothers: 1 Destined for the NBA, the Other a Hater
Mohamed Bamba is the type of player college coaches drool over. He’s a 7-foot-tall big man with a 7-foot-9 wingspan who was ranked No. 3 in the ESPN 100 rankings of players for 2017. He’s a McDonald’s All-American, and the type of player who can single-handedly change a program’s charted course. In fact, ESPN wrote…
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‘Form NBA Voltron!’ Chris Paul Headed to Houston Rockets
This NBA season and the next could see the making of the mega-teams. In a blockbuster trade announced Wednesday, Chris Paul is leaving the Los Angeles Clippers to join forces with James Harden and the Houston Rockets. According to ESPN, the Rockets will send Sam Dekker, Patrick Beverley and Lou Williams to the Clippers for…
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LaVar Ball Took His Shirt Off During WWE’s Monday Night Raw and We Can’t Unsee This
LaVar Ball’s 15 minutes ended right around the time he took his shirt off. The father of three extremely talented basketball players, including the newly drafted Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball, recently made a guest appearance on WWE’s Monday Night Raw. The eldest Ball has molded himself from overly concerned father into a businessman…
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Watch NBA Guard Victor Oladipo Get Embarrassed by 12-Year-Old
It isn’t often that a 12-year-old can say that he schooled an NBA guard during that guard’s own camp for kids, but Victor Oladipo went all in and fell for the banana in the tailpipe, aka the nutmeg dribble, when he decided to check this kid. It was reportedly the first day of camp when…
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From Drake’s Monologue to Draymond’s Knickers, We Watched the NBA Awards So You Didn’t Have To
On Monday the NBA did its best BET Awards impersonation and hosted the first-ever NBA Awards to honor its top players. And while this first shot was an air ball, I have to admit that I like the idea of the show—but there are several areas that are in desperate need of some extra time…
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MMA Fighter Literally Gets the Shit Beaten Out of Her
I wish there weren’t photos of the incident, but there are, and while I won’t make you suffer through them, let’s just say that Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Justine Kish left it all out there in the ring … literally. During a match against Felice Herrig, Kish moved out of a deep choke and tried…
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Former Green Bay Packers Running Back Ahman Green Arrested for Child Abuse
Former Green Bay Packers running back Ahman Green could be facing a lengthy jail sentence if he is convicted in a case in Wisconsin. On Wednesday the four-time Pro Bowl running back was arrested and charged with felony child abuse: intentionally causing harm or cruelty toward A child, TMZ Sports reports. “We had contact with…
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The NFL’s Race Problem Is Deeper Than Colin Kaepernick
The NFL has a race problem. This certainly sounds ludicrous on its face. How can an organization with so many recognizable black stars have a race problem? In short, the NFL serves as a case study for the difference between inclusion and representation. Want to annihilate yourselves for our amusement? Cool. Want to promote the…
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If Dennis Rodman Is Our Hope for Peace With North Korea, We Are Screwed
Look, there are a lot of things that Dennis Rodman is great at. He’s great at rebounding. He’s great at getting tattoos and weird piercings. He’s not great at being an ambassador for the United States, mostly because of his history of drug use and rabble-rousing. I know that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un…